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Build custom library

The gir.core nuget packages are built against 3 different package sources:

  1. Gnome SDK (Linux)
  2. MSYS2 (Windows)
  3. Homebrew (MacOS)

Each of those sources defines the names of the binaries which must be available to call into them. If a custom build binary is used, the resulting binary name may be different from the one specified by the package source, resulting in a System.DllNotFoundException.

In case of a custom build C binary it is recommended to use a custom gir.core build, too. Please follow the build instructions to get started. It is important to update the gir-files with the corresponding custom build gir-files.

This allows projects with custom build C binaries to create matching C# binaries without being dependent on one of the package sources.

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